Author Question: The president, members of Congress, presidential candidates, and the media are all talking about ... (Read 61 times)

tiara099 · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

The president, members of Congress, presidential candidates, and the media are all talking about falling test scores and the failures of public education. Not a day goes by that the issue isn't front and center.

Urgent debates on the need for reform are ever present. Not surprising, when a polling organization conducted a survey that asked, What do you think is the most important problem facing the country today? 35 percent replied education. What is the best explanation for this polling response?

a. The miracle of aggregation shapes what the public thinks about and what they think about it.
b. Partisanship shapes what the public thinks about and what they think about it.
c. Opinion leaders shape what the public thinks about and what they think about it.
d. Moderately attentive scorekeepers shape what the public thinks about and what they think about it.
e. The political sophistication of voters shapes what the public thinks about and what they think about it.

Question 2

After voter dealignment peaked in the mid-1980s, how did voting behavior change?

a. electorate polarization disappeared
b. ticket-splitting increased
c. voter turnout increased
d. voter attachment to party increased
e. transference from one party to the other increased